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Chef Scott Arbaugh at St. Columba Catholic School in Durango, Colo., says teaching children about food and nutrition at a young age is the best way to fight obesity. The private school is adding nutrition to the curriculum, encouraging more students to buy lunch and making menus healthier in an effort to win a gold medal in the HealthierUS School Challenge.

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Centura Health has been tapped by HIMSS to receive the Enterprise Davies Award, which recognizes outstanding health IT use to cut care costs and boost patient care. To enhance the quality of care it offers to chronically ill patients in a remote community in Durango, Colo., the provider combined analytics, risk stratification, clinical decision support and patient engagement tools with alternative payment models. Centura Health also implemented the Medicare Shared Savings ACO program, which cut rehospitalizations of heart failure patients by almost 16%.

More gyms in Washington, D.C., are adding barre fitness systems to help people strengthen muscles and get a cardio workout. Kelly Griffith of Fuel Pilates added a barre workout and says the flow of movement and exercises that target multiple muscles can help participants work up a sweat.

Dozens of dogs in Durango, Colo., have been reported to be sick with a mysterious respiratory disease that includes wheezing, coughing and other signs. Worried that more dogs could become infected with the virus, area veterinarians say they have been collecting samples from the infected dogs for testing to determine the cause of the outbreak.

A comprehensive approach to promoting student nutrition has taken hold at Virginia's Claremont Immersion Elementary School, which recently received state recognition for its efforts. Two teachers began the program in 2006 and transformed themselves into two characters -- Dr. B and Dr. C -- who make regular visits to the school cafeteria to promote healthy lifestyle choices; the effort is part of their coursework to earn master's degrees. A nutritional council they helped form meets regularly to implement other healthy-school initiatives.

A comprehensive approach to promoting student nutrition has taken hold at Virginia's Claremont Immersion Elementary School, which recently received state recognition for its efforts. Two teachers began the program in 2006 and transformed themselves into characters -- Dr. B and Dr. C -- who make regular visits to the school cafeteria to promote healthy lifestyle choices; the effort is part of their coursework to earn master's degrees. A nutritional council they helped form meets regularly to implement other healthy-school initiatives.